Per Sefland
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Per Sefland (born 1949) has been Governor (Norwegian: Sysselmann) of Svalbard[1] since 1 October 2005. Sefland is a lawyer by education (cand. jur., 1975), and is a career law enforcement civil servant. He was preceded by Odd Olsen Ingerø and immediately by acting governor Sven Ole Fagernæs.[2]
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[edit] Professional career
[edit] Positions
- Since 1997:
- 2003–2005: Formal Chief of Police position, National Police Directorate (Politidirektoratet)
- 2001–2003: Head of Police Security Agency (PST)
- 1997–2001: Head of Police Surveillance Agency (POT)
- Before 1997:
- Assistant County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (Assisterende fylkesmann)
- Chief of Police, Nordmøre Police District, Kristiansund (Politimester)
- Chief of Police, Vest-Finnmark Police District
[edit] Education
- Nato Defence College, Rome
- Norwegian National Defence College (Forsvarets Høgskole)
- Main Course (Hovedkurset)
- Management Course (Sjefskurset)
- Law school, graduated 1975
[edit] Notes
- ^ Svalbard is an Arctic archipelago administered by Norway since 1925. Its main landmass (island) is Spitsbergen. The primary industrial activity is coal mining.
- ^ Previous Governors, Svalbard Government website, retrieved October 24, 2007
[edit] External links
- Per Sefland ny sysselmann på Svalbard (Norwegian) – Press release 50-2005 from the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police, 1 July 2005
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